Pledge to Try Veg

Breakfast:

• Prepare a brown rice porridge for breakfast by using pre-cooked brown rice; add sultanas and/or sweetened dried cranberries (soaked/drained), mixing well. Warm in microwave oven. Top with fruit yoghurt or sliced bananas. Sprinkle with wheatgerm.
• Make a quick fruit smoothie - use soy milk, and add banana, strawberries, canned peaches. Add honey and wheatgerm.
• For a hearty breakfast, saute onions and add to baked beans. Serve with grilled tomato, sautéed mushrooms and a slice of wholegrain toast.
• Add a variety of berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries) to a bowl of low fat yoghurt, and sprinkle with crushed almonds or pecans and wheatgerm or your favourite muesli.

Lunch:

• For a healthy lunch wrap, spread wrap with generous serves of hummus then fill with salad items such as mixed salad leaves, grated carrot, cucumber slices (lengthwise), halved cherry tomatoes and a sprinkle of cheese.
• Make an exotic and nutritious green rocket salad by adding sundried tomatoes, basil leaves, borlotti beans and bocconcini cheese. Include snow peas if desired. Top with a balsamic vinegar olive oil dressing.

Dinner (or lunch):

• When making lasagne, add grated vegetables (zucchini, carrots) and a can of lentils to pasta sauce. Add a dash of curry powder for additional spice.
• Make a quick minestrone soup, with your favourite vegetables finely chopped plus a can of rinsed and drained kidney beans or borlotti beans.
• For a quick no fuss meal, top a baked/microwaved potato with cottage cheese, sauted onion and mushrooms. Serve with a mixed leaves salad, sprinkled with sunflower seeds or crushed walnuts and cherry tomatoes.
• Make an easy nutritious vegetarian pizza by topping pita bread with favourite sauce, then sprinkle with chopped mushrooms, red capsicum, red onions, diced olives and broken basil leaves. Sprinkle with a small amount of mozzarella cheese or parmesan cheese.
• For a nutritious meal in one, sauté favourite vegetables including cherry tomatoes in olive oil, add to prepared pasta, adding additional olive oil and chopped herbs as required. Top with feta cheese or shaved parmesan cheese.